Is your family gearing up to do some home spring cleaning? The Albertsons Alpine store team and the Chamber of Commerce are joining efforts to host a combination Earth Day recycling/clean up activity on Sat., April 19 in the store’s parking lot, 2955 Alpine Blvd.

It’s the perfect way to unload old items without harming the planet. There will be recycling bins on hand to collect:

old tires,

metal,

green waste,

electrical appliances,

gently used clothes.

Representatives from Cintas will also be on hand to assist with document shredding.

The half-day town clean-up will kick off the day, starting at 8:30 a.m. and go until noon. Volunteers, meet at 2157 Alpine Blvd and bring your own working (garden) gloves. For more details, contact the Alpine Chamber of Commerce at 619.445.2722.

Attention Bakersfield residents – The ‘Great American Clean-Up’ for your community is set for Sat., April 12, from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Join the Bakersfield & Taft Albertsons store teams and hundreds of other families prepared to tidy up the city’s streets and public places. Spearheaded by the City of Bakersfield and a number of local groups and businesses, including Albertsons, it’s considered one of the biggest clean up efforts within the county.

Volunteers should gather at one of these Albertsons store locations early Sat. morning (between 7:30 and 8 a.m.):

• 1520 Brundage Lane

• 2691 Mt. Vernon

• 3500 Panama Lane

• 7900 White Lane

• 13045 Rosedale Highway

• 8200 E. Stockdale Highway

• 6045 Coffee Road

• 1044 W. Kern St. (in Taft)

Following the clean-up, meet at Yokuts Park, 4198 Empire Drive, at 11:30 a.m. for an Albertsons sponsored cook-out. Plus, there’ll be games, music and more. And while you’re ‘cleaning up’ don’t forget to upload your pics to Facebook and tag us! We’d love to see the results of your hard work. Check with the Albertsons store teams for more details.